diff --git a/source/server/apistatusd.py b/source/server/apistatusd.py
index a59b555..563960f 100755
--- a/source/server/apistatusd.py
+++ b/source/server/apistatusd.py
@@ -43,35 +43,51 @@ def print_config(config):
         for i in config[section]:
             logging.debug('  {}: {}'.format(i, config[section][i]))
 
-
 def print_ciphers(cipherlist):
     '''
     Prints the list of allowed ciphers.
     param1: dictionary
     return: boolean
     '''
-    print('Available ciphers')
+    logging.debug('Available ciphers')
     for i in cipherlist:
-        print('\n')
         for j in i.keys():
-            print('{}: {}'.format(j, i[j]))
-    print('\n')
+            if j in ('name', 'protocol'):
+                logging.debug('{}: {}'.format(j, i[j]))
 
+def print_context(ctx):
+    '''
+    Prints the ssl settings for the given ssl context.
+    param1: context object
+    '''
+    logging.debug('----------- context ----------------')
+    logging.debug('Minimum version ssl: {}'.format(ctx.minimum_version))
+    logging.debug('Maximum version ssl: {}'.format(ctx.maximum_version))
+    logging.debug('SSL options enabled: {}'.format(ctx.options))
+    logging.debug('Protocol: {}'.format(ctx.protocol))
+    logging.debug('Verify flags certificates: {}'.format(ctx.verify_flags))
+    logging.debug('Verify mode: {}'.format(ctx.verify_mode))
+    print_ciphers(ctx.get_ciphers())
+    logging.debug('------------------------------------')
 
 def display_peercert(cert):
     '''
     Displays the values of a given certificate.
-    param1: dictionary
-    return: boolean
+    param1: dictionary or none
     '''
-    for i in cert.keys():
-        print('{}:'.format(i))
-        if i in ('subject', 'issuer'):
-            for j in cert[i]:
-                print('\t{}'.format(j))
-        else:
-            print('\t{}'.format(cert[i]))
-
+    if cert == None:
+        logging.debug('Peer does not offer a certificate')
+    elif len(cert) == 0:
+        logging.debug('Peer certificate was not valid')
+    else:
+        logging.debug('Peer certificate commonName: {}'.format(
+                      cert['subject'][5][0][1]))
+        logging.debug('Peer certificate serialNumber: {}'.format(
+                      cert['serialNumber']))
+        logging.debug('Peer certificate notBefore: {}'.format(
+                      cert['notBefore']))
+        logging.debug('Peer certificate notAfter: {}'.format(
+                      cert['notAfter']))
 
 def receive_buffer_is_valid(raw_data):
     '''
@@ -225,12 +241,11 @@ def main():
     context.load_cert_chain(certfile=config['server']['cert'],
                             keyfile=config['server']['key'])
     context.load_verify_locations(cafile=config['client']['cert'])
-    context.set_ciphers('EECDH+AESGCM')   # only ciphers for tls 1.2 and 1.3
     context.options = ssl.OP_CIPHER_SERVER_PREFERENCE
     # ensure, compression is disabled (disabled by default anyway at the moment)
     context.options |= ssl.OP_NO_COMPRESSION
     logging.debug('SSL context created')
-    # print_ciphers(context.get_ciphers())
+    print_context(context)
 
     with socket.socket(socket.AF_INET, socket.SOCK_STREAM, 0) as mySocket:
         logging.debug('Socket created')
@@ -263,13 +278,18 @@ def main():
                     conn.settimeout(float(config['general']['timeout']))
                 except socket.timeout:
                     logging.error('Socket timeout')
+                    continue
                 except Exception as e:
                     logging.error('Connection failed: {}'.format(e))
+                    continue
                 logging.info('Connection established')
-                logging.info('Peer certificate commonName: {}'.format(
-                              conn.getpeercert()['subject'][5][0][1]))
-                logging.debug('Peer certificate serialNumber: {}'.format(
-                              conn.getpeercert()['serialNumber']))
+                try:
+                    cert = conn.getpeercert(binary_form=False)
+                    display_peercert(cert)
+                except ValueError:
+                    logging.debug('SSL handshake has not been done yet')
+                except Exception as e:
+                    logging.debug('Unexpected error: {}'.format(e))
 
                 raw_data = conn.recv(1)
                 if receive_buffer_is_valid(raw_data) is True: